Instead try “Lord, my soul is desperate. These people suffer evil I can’t imagine, take risks I can’t imagine, facing circumstances and living conditions I can’t imagine. Their only hope, Lord, lies in you. Help. I’m helpless.”

Pray: “Lord, I’ve felt grief in my life. But I can’t stomach leaving home, losing family, giving up on property and maybe even life just for the chance at something better, or safer elsewhere. Help those doing what I’m not sure I could.”

Praying these types of prayers shapes and forms us we force ourselves to trust in His character and sovereignty over and above any human explanation for the suffering of these people.

Educate Yourself

Researching the crisis, individual stories, and the terror of ISIS will help you keep in touch with matters much more weighty than the AGT finals or the latest line of Apple products.

Knowing the crisis in our minds also protects our perspectives from our emotions, which can betray us. The quick access to information presents a huge benefit as we seek to form a balanced understanding of world events such as this.

Think. Do you care about crises such as this? Why or why not? Go ahead, answer honestly, I’m not listening. Neither is anyone else.